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above, b'ght green beneath, about 9-18 cm. long, cm. wide ; 



midrib light green and prominent beneath ; veins about 7-9 on 

 each side, erect-patent, parallel, prominent beneath ; petiole 

 about l|-3Jcm. long, umber. 



Nom. Jap. Adzisaiba-no-sangoju (nov.). 



Hab. ProY. MUSASHI : Tokyo, cultivated (T. Making ! 

 Jan. 1914). 



Rare. This differs from the type in having the prominent 

 veins and conspicuously serrated margin in the leaves. The 

 appearance of the leaves is like those of Hydrangea opuloides 

 Steud. varr. Otaksa (Sieb. et Zucc.) and Azisai (Sieb.). 



Clematis japonica Thunb. F1. Jap. p. 240. 

 var. cremea Making, var. nov. 



Flower cream-coloured ; pedicel long and bi-bracteate above 

 as in the type. Leaves similar to the type. 

 Nom. Jap. Shiro-hanshodzuru (nov.). 



Hab. Prov. SHIMOTSTJKE : Nikko (T. Making ! July 19, 

 1913). 



TJtricularia minor Linn. Sp. PI. p. 18. 



Nom. Jap. Hime-tanukimo. 



Hab. SHIMOTSUKE: Akanuma-hara in Nikk6 (S. Koda- 

 MA ! herb. Sc. Coll. Imp. Univ. Tokyo, Aug. 25, 1909). 



TJtricularia intermedia Hayne in Schrad. Journ. 

 (1800), L p. 18, tab. 5. 



Nom. Jap. Ko-tanukimo. 

 Hab. JAPAN. 



TJtricularia japonica Making, sp. nov. (Fig. III.) 



Utncularia vulgaris Miq. Prol. Fl. Jap. p. 383 ; Franch. 

 ET Say. Enum. PI. Jap. 1. p. 298 ; Matsum. Ind. PI. Jap. 11. 

 2, p. 579, non Linn. 



A green perennial and always propagated from year to vear 

 by the tuber-like winter-bud terminating the main stem and 

 branches. Stem floating, usually destitute of roots but rarely 



